Smith v. State Board of Control

Application for writ of mandate directed to the respondent State Board of Control and the individual members thereof to approve the claim of petitioners for the agreed purchase price of $2,400 for certain music text-books supplied by petitioners to the State Board of Education upon the latter’s order. This order was given in pursuance of a written agreement or contract between the State Board of Education and petitioners following the formal adoption of a series of text-books printed and published by petitioners for use in the elementary schools of this state under its system of furnishing…